Category:Amos-6 mishap

**AMOS-6**
	Israeli commercial communications satellite destroyed in a launch vehicle explosion
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Instance of	communications satellite; former entity;
Part of	AMOS;
Country of origin	Israel;
Operator	Spacecom;
Start point	Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40;
Manufacturer	Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd (general contractor); MDA Ltd. (payload, subcontractor); Thales Alenia Space (electrically powered spacecraft propulsion, reaction control system, subcontractor); Alliant Techsystems (spacecraft solar array, subcontractor); Emcore (multijunction photovoltaic cell, subcontractor); ArianeGroup (S400, subcontractor);
Space launch vehicle	Falcon 9 Full Thrust (B1028);
UTC date of spacecraft launch	3 September 2016 (expected);
Type of orbit	geostationary orbit (expected);
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date	1 September 2016 (13:07);
Powered by	S400 (spacecraft propulsion); spacecraft solar array (10,300 kilowatt, 2, electric power source);
Mass	5,250 kg (launch weight);
Cause of destruction	explosion;
Follows	AMOS-4;
Followed by	AsiaSat 8;
Capital cost	200,000,000 United States dollar (2012);
Authority file
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English: Media related to the intended launch of the Amos-6 spacecraft. The rocket and payload were destroyed in a launch pad explosion on 1 September 2016.

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